{"id":641237,"date":"2026-05-01T17:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641237\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:43:10","slug":"reason-for-aleister-black-wyatt-sicks-wwe-releases-revealed-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641237\/","title":{"rendered":"Reason for Aleister Black, Wyatt Sicks WWE releases revealed | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An update is available regarding what led to several recent WWE departures.<\/p>\n<p>Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, and The Wyatt Sicks (Uncle Howdy, Joe Gacy, Nikki Cross, Dexter Lumis, and Erick Rowan) were all part of WWE\u2019s post-WrestleMania 42 roster cuts revealed earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/newsletters\/wrestling-observer-newsletter\/may-4-2026-observer-newsletter-wwe-releases-town-hall-comments-another-nielsen-ratings-change\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wrestling Observer Newsletter,<\/a> Dave Meltzer wrote that WWE felt they had \u201cgot all they were going to get\u201d from the Wyatts and didn\u2019t have much in the way of ideas for Black or Vega.<\/p>\n<p>Meltzer wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just felt that the group had run its course. Even at first there were those who saw it as a short-term idea. It was basically a tribute to Bray Wyatt and was over big at first but it was limiting how they could be used with that gimmick over the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meltzer later added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe feeling was they got all out of the Wyatts they were going to get and Black and Vega was just a decision made on who they weren\u2019t going to do anything more with. The reality is that even though they recruited Black hard to get out of AEW, once he returned, they really didn\u2019t have much in the way of ideas for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding rumors that WWE made the releases due to TKO not wanting \u201cdarker\u201d characters on WWE programming, Meltzer wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding the story that the Wyatts and Black were released because TKO didn\u2019t like dark characters, we were told that was \u2018bullshit\u2019 and that these were not decisions that even reached that level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meltzer later wrote that AEW had reached out to Zelina Vega the last time WWE had let her go, which was in November 2020, but she \u201cghosted\u201d the company.<\/p>\n<p>Meltzer continued, \u201c(Tony Khan) did negotiate with Zelina when she was let go the last time, but she pretty much ghosted him and signed back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full edition of this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/members.f4wonline.com\/wrestling-observer-newsletter\/may-4-2026-observer-newsletter-wwe-releases-town-hall-comments-another-nielsen-ratings-change\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wrestling Observer Newsletter is available here for subscribers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/ian-carey\/\" title=\"Ian Carey\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f5822920a4c232468afdbea783982fd8d98e430cf287d1423a1145a8d2a7ba86.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Ian Carey\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Ian Carey<\/p>\n<p>Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/wwe\/update-on-kairi-sanes-wwe-departure-exclusive\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An update is available regarding what led to several recent WWE departures. 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